It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
BARBARA MERTZHis masculinity was only too apparent
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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